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Funky NATO names for Soviet aircraft
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The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle and the flagon with the dragon has the brew that is true.
Yup, got the T-33, keep lookin' and thinkin' and you'll get the other one...
Bet he's got some good stories!
He might put them in the local paper, but as far as I know they're only intended for me and my brother...
TL;DR:
Did national service training
Went to Vienna as wireless operator
Hung around Vienna answering phones for the RAF
Met some intersting guys, walked into a Soviet servicemen bar in full RAF uniform, took nice pictures of airliners
Came back after 18 months
TL;DR:
Did national service training
Went to Vienna as wireless operator
Hung around Vienna answering phones for the RAF
Met some intersting guys, walked into a Soviet servicemen bar in full RAF uniform, took nice pictures of airliners
Came back after 18 months
Yessir, there was also an A-37 variant used in Vietnam.
They called the trainer the "Tweet" and the A-37 "Super Tweet".
Dad said it was one heck of an airplane.
As opposed to OT. 
This is a YAK-25RM Mandrake; where does the *M* name come from? Curiously, it is also known as the *Flashlight*
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This is a YAK-25RM Mandrake; where does the *M* name come from? Curiously, it is also known as the *Flashlight*
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Soviet reconnaissance planes and other 'support' aircraft had NATO reporting names that began with the letter M.
The Il-78 Midas is a tanker, the A-50 Mainstay is an AWACS.
Thus, the Yak-25RM is Mandrake. The RM stands for "reconnaissance, modernized". (Not exactly, but in general, that's what it stands for)
The interceptor versions of the Yak-25 were the Flashlight variant and carried guns, missiles, etc for intercepting NATO bombers.
If you can't tell, I'm a Soviet/Russian military aircraft buff.
The Il-78 Midas is a tanker, the A-50 Mainstay is an AWACS.
Thus, the Yak-25RM is Mandrake. The RM stands for "reconnaissance, modernized". (Not exactly, but in general, that's what it stands for)
The interceptor versions of the Yak-25 were the Flashlight variant and carried guns, missiles, etc for intercepting NATO bombers.
If you can't tell, I'm a Soviet/Russian military aircraft buff.
@Ed- Hawker Seahawk, another finely-sculpted British naval craft. On that note(gimme a minute here..):
I saw a Sea Fury at an air show last year. It was awesome to see and hear it fly.
Yup- sweet is definitely the word for the sound of a HUGE radial engine turning a massive prop. I've only heard it once- at a mid-70's edition of the Reno Air Races. Darryl Greenamyer's record- setting Bearcat was on display:
Yup- sweet is definitely the word for the sound of a HUGE radial engine turning a massive prop. I've only heard it once- at a mid-70's edition of the Reno Air Races. Darryl Greenamyer's record- setting Bearcat was on display:
...oooohhh....that photo was taken at airplane nirvana, aka the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center by Dulles International Airport!
If the denizens of this thread have not been to this place, they have not lived. It truly is heaven for propellerheads.
Yeah, there's a lot of drool-worth visuals going on just in this shot- I'm sure it's just the tip of the iceberg, eh?
Dude...Concorde...Enola Gay...Enterprise...a Boeing Globemaster...it goes on and on...
...and when you walk into the main hall (which is incredibly HUGE), it's in such a way that you see a few things hanging from the roof...then you reach the end of a balcony, look slightly down and see IT...you need to go for the full experience, I won't tell you and ruin it...just GO. It is an incredible place, I've been three times and cannot wait to go again.
...oooohhh....that photo was taken at airplane nirvana, aka the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center by Dulles International Airport!
If the denizens of this thread have not been to this place, they have not lived. It truly is heaven for propellerheads.
I've been meaning to go to the Udvar-Hazy Center for years. IIRC, it's one of the few places in the States, if not the only place, to see some rare warbirds like the Do 335.
The plane right next to it is a Ar 234B-2 "Blitz" jet bomber.
